It looked glum and by and large it was
GLUM
but then again peppered with the odd bright interval.
The first of these was a trio of smart looking Moths but none making for an addition to the
Year List - but we still live in hope.
BLOOD-VEIN
LILAC BEAUTY
along with
SMALL BLOOD-VEIN
with nothing else to hold us in the more
Southern Reaches
heading north we added yet another lady from the
Eddie Stobbart Collection
but the traps there, at their very best, only showed small gatherings of
HAWTHORN SHIELDBUGS
As the sky cleared a small collection of both
SAND MARTIN
mostly juveniles but not from our patch
and mostly adult
SWALLOWs
formed medium size feeding flocks around the large
Beech and Oak
but mainly the
APPLE TREE
at the gateway to the Heath.
With the fruit now fully ripe and doubtless an attraction to numerous
INSECTS
for your average 'passage migrant' this was the place to be!
Another common representative was a
lone
but
vocal
WREN
while far more scarce,
only a single Spring record so far across 2020, a
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
was doing what they do best
Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.
Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind
You stumble in with no thought of tomorrow.
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.
Oh no no no
No no no no!
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.
Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind
You stumble in with no thought of tomorrow.
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.
Oh no no no
No no no no!
Early evening, and having just flashed up the
Moth Traps
but hampered by the tree-line along the Moors River we did our best
to capture this
BARN OWL
in hunting mode looking like it had already been successful.
A 'coincidence', if you should happen to believe in such things, as 2 years
to this very day, 07/09/2018
we were delighted to experience our very first of this species
'In the Hand'!
A 'coincidence', if you should happen to believe in such things, as 2 years
to this very day, 07/09/2018
we were delighted to experience our very first of this species
'In the Hand'!
In almost the same spot, up ahead was seen an unfamiliar 'white blob'
in the long grass which turned out to be this
BARN OWL
with just a degree of facial damage around the area of the bill.
What we would have liked to bring to you was the palava it took to catch it!
Armed with the ever-ready Butterfly net at first swipe it managed to escape to the
other side of the Solar Panel Compound fence seding me scurrying to struggle with the combination padlock. Having got close once again it then stumbled back from whence it came and
that was only round one.
One more dream but it's looking ok
One more time to watch the flow of the river.
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.
Oh no no no
As can be seen this handsome creature was secured
and after the photo-shoot carted off to the
in the long grass which turned out to be this
with just a degree of facial damage around the area of the bill.
What we would have liked to bring to you was the palava it took to catch it!
Armed with the ever-ready Butterfly net at first swipe it managed to escape to the
other side of the Solar Panel Compound fence seding me scurrying to struggle with the combination padlock. Having got close once again it then stumbled back from whence it came and
that was only round one.
The lights are low and the Muzak is loud
You watch yourself as you play to the crowd
One more face in a palace of mirrors.
One
more drink, you're sailing awayYou watch yourself as you play to the crowd
One more face in a palace of mirrors.
One more dream but it's looking ok
One more time to watch the flow of the river.
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.
Oh no no no
As can be seen this handsome creature was secured
where, after great care and attention, it died overnight
having given me yet another fantastic
'Birding Experience'!
The Electric Light Orchestra
sum this up
Living Thing
and what a beautiful ensemblé
of musicians and vocalists!
